Easter - Spring 2025

 It's a wonderful spring day today and Geri Applewood is cycling through the blooming countryside!

Geri is filling her basket with beautiful flowers of all kinds! So many colors and wonderful scents! Spring is such a magical season! 🌼🌷🌻

-Look! I found a yellow one! What about you?
-I found a green one... and a ladybug too!

HAPPY  EASTER!!

It's the first day of May and nature is in full bloom! The Latte siblings are having a great time in the flowery fields!

-I wish they could all fit in our basket!

A Christmas Carol (part 3)

 -What place is this spirit?
-It's the house of your only living relative!
-My nephew Fred?
-That's right! Your late sister's only child! He is having a Christmas party! Let's listen to what they're talking about...!

-Fred, have you seen your uncle Scrooge recently?

-Actually I stopped by his office today to invite him for dinner but as always he came out with a couple of nasty words about Christmas and bah-humbugged me out of the door!

-He sounds so mean!

- No he's not...He's just a lonely man! And his wealth only makes him more unhappy! But my mother loved him! So for the shake of her I will continue inviting him every Christmas! I feel sorry for him and I could never be angry with him...

-Now in honor of my mother, my dear wife Millie will perform a song that her and her brother Ebenezer used to sing when they were children! It's a cheerful tune! Let's have fun my friends!

-Enjoying yourself Scrooge?

-Ahh, this song brings back nice memories!

-Well I'm afraid I have to leave you. My time on earth is not long!

-Oh no! Don't leave me spirit! You've been a nice friend to me!

-No, I'm done! Remember...you will be visited by one more ghost...

-...I believe... you...are the ghost of Christmas yet to come...

-...

-Ι...fear you greatly, but...I know your purpose is to do me good,...isn't that right?

-...

-Ok then... show me shadows of things that will happen in the future!...

A Christmas Carol (part 2)

 -What is that noise? Is anybody there?...

-Ebenezer Scrooooge!...

-Who...who are you?...

-In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley!

-But...you died seven years ago...

-Don't you believe me?

-I...I believe you...but what are these chains on you?

-I wear the chain I forged in life! I made it link by link with my greed! But this is nothing compared to the chain you are making Ebenezer! It is a monstrous one!

-Oh no!...speak comfort to me Jacob...

-I am here to warn you that you have yet a chance of escaping my fate!

-Tell me, what must I do?...

-You will be haunted by three spirits!

-More ghosts? I think I'd rather not...!

-Without their visits you cannot hope for a better path than mine! Expect the first when the bell tolls one!...

-It's one o'clock... nothing... maybe I was only dreaming... but wait... I think something or ....someone is over there!...

-Who are you?

-I am the ghost of the Christmas past!

-And what reason brings you here to me spirit?

-Your welfare! Now come along, we have much to see!

A Christmas Carol (part 1)

It's Christmas eve. Everybody in town feels the joy and warmth of the season! Except one lonely soul that believes that Christmas is nonsense!...

-Merry Christmas sir!

‐What?... Nonsense! Stop that noise! Can't a man live in peace?

-But sir..

-Go away at once! Christmas they say! Humbug!

-Cratchit, why are you fooling around and what are you doing with that piece of coal?

‐I...I was trying to warm the office Mr. Scrooge... It's quite freezing in here...

-Bah...humbug! You don't need more! Put that back and don't make useless expenses!

-But Mr. Scrooge..

-Get on with your work Cratchit!...

Chocolate Factory (part 3)

 -I believe Violet will be OK! Let's move on to another factory room!
-What's in this room?
-These are my magical ducklings that lay chocolate eggs!
-Can ducklings lay eggs?
-That's why they are magical!

-This is the eggdicator! I'll explain how it works! When an egg is laid it goes down the funnel to the eggdicator! If the egg is good is collected and then gets packed for the market. If it's bad then the drop opens and it goes down the garbage chute!

-Daddy, I want a magical duckling!

-OK dear, I will get you one when we go back home...

-NO! I WANT one of these!

-Mr Wonka, how much do you want for one of these ducklings?

-These are not for sale! She can't have one!

-No! I want one! I want one of these ducklings! I'll get one now!

-Veruca get out of there at once!...

-I want one... noooooooww...

...

-Oh no!

-She was a bad egg!

-Where is my daughter?

-She's gone down the garbage chute!

-Where does this lead?

-To the furnace.

-What? She'll be sizzled like a sausage!

-Not necessarily. She could be stuck just inside the tube. In that case all you need to do is reach in and pull her out.

-Hold on sweetheart, Daddy's coming!

-Hmm... There's gonna be a lot of garbage today!

-Ready to go on? First you must put on these special glasses because the light in here could blind you! This is my latest and greatest invention, the Wonkavision!

-Like television?

-Short of! You see I had this great idea! If with simple TV they can break a photograph into millions of pieces, send it through the air and put them back together at the other end, why can't I do it with a chocolate bar!

-No way!

-Well, let's find out...

Chocolate Factory (part 2)

-Chomp... the grass... chomp... is yummy ... chomp...
-Mmm! That candy is delicious!... Augustus, don't eat too much grass my son!
-Gnam... OK mom... gnam...

-I must admit this tastes so good! Such a rich flavor!

-I would love a chewing gum like that! But be careful mom, you will ruin your diet!

-You are right but it's hard to resist!

-Dad! I want a tree like that in my garden!

-But Veruca, it's not easy to find such trees!...

-No! I want this one right now! You can buy it from Mr Wonka! I want it, I want it!

-Mike! Stop smashing the candy with your feet!

-But he said to enjoy...! It's much more fun than eating them!

-Look over there! I can see some tiny people! Who are they Mr. Wonka?

-These are the Oompa Loompas!

-The Oompa Loompas?

-Yes, they are the workers of my factory! They are very small but so good!

-Oh, there are so many of them!

-Yes! Some years ago I travelled to Loompaland looking for exotic new flavours! There in the jungle I found the Oompa Loompas who lived in tree houses to escape from the terrible beasts that lived below! So I took them with me to work in my factory! Here they live safely in peace and eat their favourite cocoa beans! They are such wonderful and loyal workers! I must warn you, however, that they are very mischievous. Always making jokes!

(Veruca) - Dad I want an Oompa Loompa right now!...